%0 Journal Article %T Bacterial neonatal sepsis and outcome in kirkuk city 2021 %J Kirkuk Journal of Medical Sciences %I University of Kirkuk, College of Medicine, Kirkuk, Iraq %Z 2790-0207 %A Azeez, Jameel %D 2021 %\ 04/01/2021 %V 9 %N 1 %P 84-100 %! Bacterial neonatal sepsis and outcome in kirkuk city 2021 %K neonate %K Bacterial %K sepsis %K Kirkuk %R 10.32894/kjms.2021.169937 %X BackgroundSepsis is the commonest cause of neonatal mortality, it is responsible for about (30 - 50% ) of neonatal deaths every year in developing countries. ResultsTwo hundred neonates were studied, sepsis was confirmed in 175 neonates (87.5%) by positive blood culture. Preterm neonates in this study were118 (59%), Prolonged rupture of amniotic membranes( > 18-hrs), was reported in 123 (61.5%), history of maternal fever was reported in 130 (65%). incidence in males was 120 (60%) while in females was 80 (40%). Early-onset disease (0-7 days) had occurred in 69 (34.5%), while 131 (65.5%) was the percentage of late-onset disease(8-30 days) . most of the late-onset disease was nosocomial infections 60 (53.57%). The predominant isolates in both early and late-onset diseases were Gram-negative bacteria 138 (78.8%) . the common organism in early-onset sepsis was E.coli 31 (49.20%), while the common organism in late-onset sepsis was Klebsiella 50 (44.64%). The total mortality rate was 82 (41%), in the early neonatal onset was 26 (42.02%) and while in the late neonatal-onset disease was 56 (42.7%) was. Candida albicans and Pseudomonas aeroginosa have high mortality (100%), but there is no death was recorded in pneumococcal sepsis.Conclusion Neonatal septicemia generally is present in developing countries more common than in developed countries. %U https://kjms.uokirkuk.edu.iq/article_169937_24bcf83d9e5486780318e5fa8e3574ec.pdf